The state of California is planning for a minimum wage hike to 15-dollars an hour. But it won’t fully take effect until 2023. Marty Bennett has been organizing workers and teaching history in Sonoma County for decades. His current fight? Accelerating the minimum wage hike in Sonoma County to take effect sooner than the state’s […]

      

School is in full swing. Meanwhile, the West Sonoma County Teachers Association is currently in negotiations with the West County Union High School District over salaries and benefits. KRCB News Director Steve Mencher talked with Paul Nicholas Boylan, special legal counsel for the district, about the state of negotiations and the district’s current offer. You’ll […]

      

Kids are back in school now. But in at least one district, the teachers’ union is still battling over salaries and benefits, as administrators offer what amounts to a pay cut. The school year is fully underway, but the West Sonoma County Teachers Association is still in negotiations with the West County Union High School […]

      

Studies show that dropping out of high school can shorten your life expectancy. Disruptions to daily life caused by recent wildfires have made getting to school harder. On the North Bay Report, find out how far some school administrators will go to keep kids in the classroom. Following a disaster, students tend to miss more […]

      

Studies show that dropping out of high school can shorten

your life expectancy. Disruptions to daily life caused by recent wildfires have

made getting to school harder. On the North Bay Report, find out how far some

school administrators will go to keep kids in the classroom.

Following a disaster, students tend to miss more school days

to cope with loss and find time to recover. But studies show that missing

school can affect graduation rates and dropouts can have worse health outcomes

later in life. KRCB’s Adia White tells us how school administrators are

fighting to keep students in the classroom

This story was produced for the USC Annenberg Health

Journalism Fellowship. For more on wildfire and health visit

norcalpublicmedia.org

(Photo: Director of student services, Dena Kapsalis – Adia

White, Nor Cal Public Media)

Counselors at Paradise Elementary worked with students with high rates of trauma before the Camp Fire happened. Now, they are trying to find ways to help already struggling students cope with the loss of their town. Ten months after the Camp Fire, Counselors at Paradise Unified School District are working with kids who are experiencing […]

      

Counselors at Paradise Elementary worked with students with

high rates of trauma before the Camp Fire happened. Now, they are trying to

find ways to help already struggling students cope with the loss of their town.

Ten months after the Camp Fire, Counselors at Paradise

Unified School District are working with kids who are experiencing ongoing

trauma. High rates of poverty in the County have made their work harder. KRCB’s

Adia White visited Paradise Elementary to find out how school-based counselors

are supporting students.

This story was produced for the USC Annenberg Health Journalism

Fellowship. For recovery resources visit norcalpublicmedia.org

How can art help heal trauma? We talk to a class of third graders to find out. The timeline for recovery after a disaster is different for everyone. Educators in Santa Rosa are noticing that many elementary students are just now beginning to process their trauma from the 2017 wildfires. KRCB’s Adia White tells us […]

      

How can art help heal trauma? We talk to a class of third

graders to find out.

The timeline for recovery after a disaster is different for

everyone. Educators in Santa Rosa are noticing that many elementary students

are just now beginning to process their trauma from the 2017 wildfires. KRCB’s

Adia White tells us how teachers — and visiting artists — are using the

classroom as a space for healing.

This story was produced for the USC Annenberg Health Journalism Fellowship. For more recovery resources visit norcalpublicmedia.org.

At the end of August, the Silicon Valley Leadership Group hosted a forum in Mountain View to celebrate women leaders. In this excerpt from the event, Wendy Okolo, a NASA Aerospace Engineering Researcher and Hannah Gordon, a former journalist and now the Chief Administrative Officer of the San Francisco 49ers share lessons they’ve had to […]